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Aprilia's MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin smashed the lap record at Silverstone to take pole position for the British Grand Prix on Saturday as Aprilia bikes locked out the front row.The lap record fell several times in qualifying before Martin went fastest, clocking one minute and 56.160 seconds to claim his second pole with Aprilia.’I put everything I had on the track, I didn't expect to do this great lap time, honestly,’ Martin said.’But yesterday we confirmed that the feeling is improving, today we did another small step. Last year I didn't race (much) and I was struggling a lot to manage the speed, of how fast are we going.’But to be in pole position is always super special and for sure here in Silverstone is something else. So let's try to work well and try to fight for that victory.’Trackhouse riders Raul Fernandez of Spain and Japan's Ai Ogura, who is second in the championship, complete the front row.’I'm happy, but always we are missing this pole position for small details,’ Fernandez said.’But, anyway, I think we are working well. Now we have to think which is the right tyre for the sprint race because still we are not 100% clear. But I think we are doing a good job, step-by-step I feel much more comfortable with the bike.’VR46 Racing's Fabio Di Giannantonio was fourth quickest while Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi marked his return from shoulder surgery to go fifth-fastest.Reigning champion Marc Marquez could only manage sixth and the Ducati rider will start from the second row after he edged his brother Alex.Only 24 points separate the top five of Martin, Ogura, Marquez, Bezzecchi and Di Giannantonio heading into Saturday's sprint. Source link
The speaker of Iran’s parliament accused the United States yesterday of plotting a ground attack despite publicly pushing for a negotiated deal, after a US warship with around 3,500 military personnel arrived in the Middle East. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s comments came after more than a month of aerial bombardments of Iran by US and Israeli forces, and as key regional players held talks in Pakistan. The war has escalated into a regional conflagration as Iran has retaliated with attacks on Gulf states and the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, sending energy markets into a tailspin and threatening the world economy. “The enemy publicly sends messages of negotiation and dialogue while secretly planning a ground attack,” Ghalibaf said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency. “Our men are waiting for the arrival of the American soldiers on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional allies once and for all,” he added.Ghalibaf called for unity among Iranians, saying the war was “at its most critical stage”. Weeks of unrelenting strikes have taken a heavy toll on ordinary people in the country.“I miss a peaceful night’s sleep,” an artist in Tehran told AFP, saying night-time strikes were “so intense it felt like all of Tehran was shaking”. Farzaneh, a 62-year-old woman in Iran’s western city of Ahvaz contacted by AFP from Paris, said: “People wake up each day worried about an uncertain future.” A university in Iran’s central city of Isfahan said it was hit by US-Israeli airstrikes yesterday for the second time since the war erupted. In Tehran, the news channel Al Araby said an Israeli missile hit the building housing its office. Footage from inside the office showed broken windows and shattered glass.Outside, people could be seen clearing large piles of rubble. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken of diplomatic contacts with Iran, although these claims have been denied by Tehran. Pakistan, acting as a go-between for Washington and Tehran, hosted foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt in Islamabad for talks on the crisis. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the visiting diplomats had discussed how to “bring an early and permanent end to the war” and that there was a growing consensus behind Islamabad hosting peace talks. Despite making diplomatic overtures including proposing a 15-point plan to end the war, the US has also been sending more military assets into the region. The USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship carrying around 3,500 Marines and sailors, arrived in the Middle East on Friday. The Washington Post reported the Pentagon was preparing plans for weeks of ground operations — potentially including raids on sites near the Strait of Hormuz — though US President Donald Trump has yet to approve any deployment. Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane which previously accounted for a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade and a fifth of liquefied natural gas shipments, to vessels from hostile nations. FIRE AT COMPLEXIranian forces said they had fired a volley of missiles and drones at plants belonging to two of the world’s largest aluminium producers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, targeting what they described as industries linked to the US military. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said an Iranian attack wounded six and caused significant damage to its plant, while Bahraini state media said two Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) employees were injured in a second attack. In Israel, thick black smoke could be seen rising from an industrial complex in the Negev desert in images released by the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority. The military said the impact may have been caused by missile shrapnel, shortly after it detected a new barrage fired from Iran. In Kuwait, the defence ministry said 10 service members were injured by an attack on a military camp and that the country had detected 14 ballistic missiles and 12 hostile drones in its airspace in the past 24 hours.On another front, Israeli attacks have continued in Lebanon, which was drawn into the war when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2. The health ministry said yesterday that the death toll from Israeli strikes had passed 1,200 people. On Saturday, the Israeli military killed three journalists in the south.Lebanese authorities condemned the killings as war crimes, while Israel alleged that one of the reporters was also a member of an elite Hezbollah combat unit. Hundreds of mourners gathered in the rain for the funeral of the three journalists near Beirut yesterday. Source link
Gulf-Russia-Jordan ministerial meeting on Monday to discuss repercussions of Iranian attacks
Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, confirmed that a joint Gulf-Russian-Jordanian ministerial meeting will be held on Monday via videoconference. In a statement issued Sunday, the GCC Secretary-General said the meeting with Jordan and Russia will address and discuss the repercussions of Iranian attacks on GCC member states and Jordan, as well as the serious developments in the region and their negative impacts on the wider world. Source link
Kuwait announced that a service building at a power station and water distillation facility was targeted by a brutal Iranian attack, resulting in the death of one Indian national.In a statement, official spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, Fatima Jawhar Hayat, said that technical and emergency teams immediately began response operations in line with approved contingency plans to address the incident's impact and ensure continued operational efficiency, while maintaining full coordination with security and relevant authorities to secure the affected sites.She urged the public to remain calm, avoid rumors, and rely on official sources for information, affirming that updates will continue to be provided transparently. She stressed that the safety and stability of the electricity and water systems remain a top priority. Source link
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the Lebanese health sector has risen to 52.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X platform that a paramedic was killed in an attack targeting an ambulance in Bint Jbeil.”A medical warehouse in the same city was destroyed in an attack,” he added.Prior to this attack, Ghebreyesus said that WHO had verified the deaths of 51 Lebanese health workers, including nine paramedics, on Saturday.Earlier, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression against Lebanon had risen to 1,238, with 3,543 injured since March 2.The Israeli entity continues to launch a series of raids on several villages and towns in southern Lebanon, in addition to areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Related Story Source link
